The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 13, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 88. How News Of Opening The Over-Sea Highway Will Be Given World! Dramatic Word Picture Written in} unites staies Deputy Marshal! Prophecy of Historic. Event in Key West Three Years Hence Accurately Presents Press. Asso- ciate Method of Handling a “Big Story.” EDITOR’S NOTE—Hundreds of thousands of words come into The Citizen office annually wire service. happenings all over the world over its Associated Press leased The reader little knows what methods are utilized to get this news so long as it gets to him. Just how important. are handled from the start is strikingly shown in the following article written in dramatic prophecy of three years hence when the Oversea Highway join- ing Key West with the mainland is predicted to be complete. In its technique the writer puts himself at the desk of any news editor anywhere as of January 22, 1929, and gives us an insight as to how The Associated wire to him. (By FRANK W. - (NOTE TO EDITORS Main story opening -Oversea Highway will} carry Key West date. The AP), | FLORIDA CITY, Fla., Jan. 22.) —(A, P.)—(First follow Key} West lead all to come Highway opening)—The Oversea Highway | connecting all the major Florida: keys between the mainland here and. Key West, and extending more than 111 miles out to sea will be ted and opened for through automobile traffic this afternoon. This road, one of the most mar- velous feats of enginecring skill r times, is classed. as the th Wonder. of the World. es paralleling the Z Railway Over- sea Extension, built by the late Florida have! n all the towns tof the lower East Coast. ‘és them in hordes, : every hotel or camping the open at night to finally like an army corps at the entrance to the Key road where the Dixie High- ‘Way first puts off to sea. 4 was little sleep in Flor- last night. In spite of ample provision ‘was emptied of food- three local filling sta tions ran out of gasoline and tank were sent roaring south Miami to supply the almost demand for motor fuel. level ¢ountryside resembled a off a battlefield at dawn. __ All through the soft Southern night the headlights of constantly automobiles flashed @own the road from the North| Adding to the weird brilliancy of | scene and making confusion | confounded, ‘The moon at} all was paled by the glow the parked machines and) smudge of dying supper fires, | At times the hum of thousands! of voices muffled the stirring notes of Pryor’s Band which has been detailed to take post in the’ Motorcade as it proceeds towards Key West this afternoon, -The Governor of Florida with his staff are scheduled to reach here at 11 @elock, and with the Mayor ‘and gity officials of Key West accom-! panied by three bands and invited vests, the parade to mark the formal opening of the world’s greatest road-building triumph is| @xpected to pass into the Key/ Largo road at noon, An Associated Press . despatch | from Key West timed at 6:11 this | FIGHTING fu “The Fighting Edge” enters elien-emuggling of the Mexi- ean border type: This*is a ¥ featering Keancth Harlan end Patsy Ruth Miller, A melo- dramatic story of romance and adventure. MONROE THEATRE TODAY Press report might come off the . LOVERING) morning said the official party left there over the new-road at 6:04 in twelve automobiles accom- panied by Reason’s Band and two others in motor busses. The Mayor is (more) FLASH Key West, Fla., Jan. 22—12:02P.M. OVERSEA HIGHWAY OPENED. (add Florida City) under escort of four picked members of the Key West motorcycle police and with him are representatives of each of the Army and Navy activi- ties situated, because of its strate- gic location, in the Island City. The welcoming party from the south is expected to consolidate with the State entourage in head- ing (more) BULLETIN “ Florida City, Fla,, Jan. 22.— 12:05 PM (sub: lead)—The North) rican eae see officially cofttiected with the>City of Key West, -Fla., for automobile traffic over the most novel motor bigh- way in the world @t noon today. (more). < (EDITORS release story build- ing Oversea Highway, sent by mail.) f’ (add Florida City early running story) the parade. (end early running story). ? BULLETIN Key Largo City, Fla., Jan. 22.— 12:37 PM (AP) (follow Florida City)—The motorcade which to- day is dedicating the completed Oversea Highway between Florida RETURNS TO CITY WITH PRISONER ARRIVES SUNDAY FROM MIAMI Andrew Lopez returned to the city Sunday with Charles Ford, caped. government prisoner, who broke jail last November with two |Cubans who had been senténced to the state penitentiary. Marshal Lopez said that it had been rumored that Ford was in Miami and leaving ghere April 8 on the Coast Guard’ 293 he: ar- rived Friday morning. | About 3 o’clock Saturday after- es- standing on -the corner of Miami avenue and Eighth street in Mi- |; ami and saw Ford nearby. Ford offered no resistance, he said, and. |was brought back to the city with- j oct handcuffing. He is now await- ing trial at the next term of court in May. Ford was arrested September 30, 1925, at Sugar Loaf and was wanted for violating titl2 crimes, Section 47. He broke into the commandant’s gate at the naval station and stole a boat, compass, clock, fire extinguisher and radio set, it is alleged. He was placed in jail September 30 and escaped g November 21, the marshal stated. Major SIXTEEN. CLUBS ENTER GREAT AMERICAN CLASSIC FOR PENNANT HONORS. ASSOCIATED PRESS HEAD- QUARTERS, “Rpril 15. PLAY BALL, | The old call to ‘battle sounds again today throughout the ball world as sixteen major league base- teams enter the great American | classic which leads to pennants and | the final crown of world champion- ship. While the American and the ‘Nationsl leaguc teams take the noon, the marshal stated, he was; League T eams Start Series Today | post in the major derbies, the| KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 138, 1926. ‘MEN ARRAIGNED IN LIQUOR CASE |WAIVE PRELIMINARY HEAR-| For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West Official Of Large Pipe Company Arrives In Key _ West For Conference Relative To Water Supply ING BEFORE COUNTY | - | JUDGE | Franciseo Fuentes and *Pedro} were arraigned before | Judge Hugh Gunn yesterday and | Ceececcccocovecccoooscce waived preliminary hearings. Their} H = cases will be tried at the next reg-} Disappears eocccooccece ular term of court. Fuentes. was arrested recently} by. offcers from the sheriff's 6f-| fice when found in a house with| several dethijohns of liquor known} as moonshine, and quantities of} other articles that go into \ the} making of such liquor, including! sugar, molasses, meal, ete. Offi-| cers were, searching for an_illiéit; distillery when this find was| made. They have since learned! that the still was destroyed andi done away with before their be rival. r Romero was arrested in a r jcent raid made by Deputies Dillo! |and. Albury, charged with operat- jing a roulette wheel. On this same expedition three slot machines’ were “pulled” at the place operated | |by Isaac Mesa, om Greene street, the preliminary hearing for which} j is still pending. | aevste: fm All three have made bond for, ance of William Burkhaua pene appearance.in: court. |ber of the linois Commerce Com- |mission and brother-in-law © of | William Hale Thompson, former |mayor of Chicago. Burkhardt has jnot been secn since he left a Chi- cago hotel a week ago. | Romero | Steamship Governor Cobb |! Resumes Schedule On | . Key West-Havana Ran ‘Faneral Services Are | P, & 0. steamship Governos Held Here Yesterday Cobb is today resuming the "¥q § os isel’s regular schedule wi For Pioneer Citizen, West and Havana, andthe The body of Richard © Tedder, is resuming “the Port West-Havana fun, a age 70 years, a pioneer and high-! 9’eiock this afternoon ly, esteemed citizen of Key West,iport Tampa at 7:30: who ,died Sunday afternoon. iN arentiar-the : this city, ‘was"laid’ to rest ih the city cemetery yesterday after-' regular ‘summer -sailings to and noon at 4:30 o’clock ‘following | srom this port. funeral services at the Fleming| , phe Governor Cobb sailed for ee begin church, conduct-| Havana at 9:30 this forenoon. ed by the pastor. 4 A large number of relatives and | friends gathered at the church to; |pay a last tribute of respeet to Frank H. Ladd, candidate for the deceased and to follow his re-election to State Senate, subject mains to the grave where the last to the Democratic Primaries of |sad rites were said. | June 8th, is absent from the city, par aks “ee aes and is expected back Friday morn- Philadelphia and Washington are} ing, Apr a 16th. even. The other National con-| Since his absence from the city tenders were given the following a few days ago there has been | financial_ rating: spread -all manner and kind of Cardinals, Reds, Braves, Robins, | rumors reflecting on the personal Phillies, Cubs. A Tigers, ntestity of Mr. Ladd. The citi- American: Yankees, 'BeTSs ons of Monroe Gounty, knowing ATTENTION VOTERS be ‘Discussed At Red Cross Meeting ‘jarmy in Key West. and the Cuba will maintain their | tl City and Key West’ reached here | American Asociation opens its at 12:30 this afternoon. As the} twenty fifth year of baseball. Goyérnor and his party and the! Key West and Monroe County of-) | Browns, White Sox, Indians, Red | Sox. Vice President Dawes has fieials arrived in the Plaza at the Clear skies and slightly rising) promised to toss out the first ball temperatures were predicted fqr| in the Senators-Athletics contest jthe opposition Mr. Ladd has, will no doubt be little surprised to find that these rumors were start- ed at a time when Mr. Ladd is ab- Many Important Questions Are} WM. R. PORTER IN RACE FOR COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES AS CANDIDATE FOR REELECTION FROM FIRST DISTRICT IN COMING PRIMARY : Wm. R. Porter, County Com- The placement of restrooms in tdiesionitr of this final inet: ak the public schools was one of the nounces his candidacy for reelec- main questions discussed yester-|tion in this issue of The Citizen, day afternoon at the executive|subject to the Democratic June meeting of the Red Cross. Henry | Primary. : . 5 ‘ Mr. Porter has been a member TS Reed, publicity director from of the Board of County Commi Washington, was present and was sioners for the past twenty years. heartily in favor of placing these! Always enthusiastic, Mr. Porter restrooms in the three © publicjhas assisted in many movenients schools in Key West. for the betterment of the county. Miss Alice Evans) Mrs. Phillips He is owner of the Porter Dock - v§ Company, President of The First and William Bates were appointed National Bank of Key West and to investigate the matter of se-/is interested in several other local feuring equipment and to confer | institutions. ith the heads of the navy and| Mr. Porter and his associates have at all times taken keen inter- est in movements for the welfare of Key West and Monroe County. CARD PARTY LAST “NIGHT AT HOTEL GRAND SUCCESS ENJOYABLE. EVENT IS GIV- EN AT LA CONCHA FOR BENEFIT OF CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS. A-card party was, given last evening for the benefit of the Salon pie of Mes. Mary’ J. McKnight, the delightful affair was staged in her office in Hotel La Concha Building. An excellent musical’ program sang several of her favorite tions, Denham Bern: a solo, and both he and Mrsr. rano were accompanied at the ano by Miss Claudine. Luci A violin and vocal solo were’ dered by the Misses Dominic with Mrs. McKnight at the piano. : Bridge -and five hundred were played during the evening. There were twenty card tables, The RESTROOMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CITY ONE, OF MAIN TOPICS TAK- EN UP AT SESSION \ Miss Evans, who is one of the public health nurses at the public schools-stated that she could have used the restrooms most ad- vantageously the first week she was in the city, when vaccination was in progress. Children fainted at the idea of being vaccinat:d bina there was nowhere to place them except the bare floor, there being not ‘even a cot in the &,2 cot and a stand much more the teachers, Miss few Kite spoke on emergencies arise in a day, some- time numbering as many as fif- teen. : Mr. Reed gave'a resume of the finances of the organization, again stressing the fact that Key West should be prepared for disaster. “It is well to know Key West's re- sources for the care of the sick and injured,” he said. Another point stressed by Mr. Reed was the centralization of | charities, so that not more than jone organization work on one case, to keep from overlapping. He suggested that an invitation be extended to the other charity organizations in the city to meet | with the Red Cross. | Mrs. P. L. Cosgrove was elect- ed treasurer of the local chapter |to fill the vacancy caused by the |resignation of Mrs. Ella Ford, head of the parade their band in /'the eight cities entertaining major a bus struck up “America” and contests, but at that the weather the Key Largo City Band picked’) promised to be more suitable for up the smashing music and -car-| football than baseball, with heavy ied the tune like an echo till the) wraps the style of a quarter of a lending automobiles, gaily deco-| million customers. The mercury rated with flags and flowers had|has been unable to struggle very whirled southward. through an! far above the freezing point in avenue of cocoanut palms and out; most cities. of sight, The world champion Pirates and It is conservatively estimated| the Washington Senators, twice that more than 2000 automobile | Winners of the American bunting, loads of people comprise the mo- will find plenty of competition toreade. Massed school children of the city formed an aisle of vivid color through which the parade passed, and two observa- tion trains on the Florida East Coast Railroad, keeping pace with the autos and packed with cheer- ing throngs from various cities and towns back along the line lent an added touch te the enthusiasm of the afternoon. A large fleet of pleasure craft in the yacht basin sent hundreds of persons ashore to witness this making of history. Although a Red Cross ambulance and a hos- pital tent had been provided no untoward incident occurred while the eclebration was centered here. The head of the procession is expected to reach Stockaldo Key, the island adjoining Key West on which the municipal golf links are! situated, at 4, and will proceed to the city without stopping. 12.42P. BULLETIN Key W —(Ea year. At least two other teams in the National league look just as good to the dopesters as the Pi- rates, with an additional two fig- | uring among the possibilities, while the baseball: wiseacres see at least five teams prepared to dispute the American league supremacy. In fact the two pennant winners face a stiff test right at the start, | with the Senators pitted against Connie Mack’s powerful Athletics, and the Pirates set to battle Rog- er Hornsby’s flashy Cardinals at St. Louis, MeGraw’s Giants, an- other leading combination in the national cireuit try their luck against Brooklyn. The work of ; the Cincinnati Reds and the Bos- ton Braves will be watched close- ly for pennant possibilities, while in the American ring there are plenty of Partisans who look with favor on the St. Louis Browns. The New York Yankees, the De- troit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox also have their believers. The Giants are given a slight edge over the Pirates in Wall st. wagering, with the Senators and Athletics an even.chanee fh the i Ambrican league. Odds for both t, Fla., Jan. 22.—(AP) editions lead all open- mued on Page 5) \in their struggles to repeat this! |in Washington. President Cool- lidge will not attend the opener, but | he promised to drop in occaston- | ally during the season. He has | been given an engraved pass to | American league contests by Clark Griffith, president of t Wash- ington club. The entire senate has arranged | to take time out for the game, | although baseball was not specific- aliy mentioned when it was agreed to recess at 2 p. m. Ban Johnson, president of the | American league, who usually ise among those present ,will not at- tend the opener at Chicago. He is | bothered with a foot infection. GAMES AND BATTERIES: . American League: New York at Eoston: Yankeg, Pennock and Bengough. Red Sox, Ehmke and Gaston. Philadelphia at Washington: Senators, Johnson and Ruel. leti Harris and Cochran. St. Louis at Chicago: Browns, Gaston and Dixon. White Sox, Lyons and Schalk. Cleveland at Defroit: Uhle and L. Sewell. Whitehill and Bassler. Na.ional League: Brooklyn at New York: Robins, 3. Barnes or Vance and Deberry. Giants, V. Barnes and Snyder. Boston at Philadelphia: Braves, Genewich or Benton and Gibson. Phillies, Carson or Dean and Wil- son Indians, Tigers, burg at St. Louis: Pirates, Kremer and Smith. Cardinals, Rhem and O'Farrell. Chicago at Cincinnati: Cubs, Alexander or Cooper and Hartnett. Reds, Donohue and Pi: h. Ath-| , —_—_—_—_—_— Peek from, ee eis 2 |who desired to be relieved. To even the most casual read-} er, it is obvious that the enly ‘ present purpose of the EVENING | “cutive secretary, gave a report of j . TELEGRAM and the MORNING |‘he past month’s expenditures, ac-/ CALL is to defeat Mr. Ladd’s can-| tivities, ete. There were 62 cases didacy. | handled through the Red Cross of- The people of Monroe County|fice for the month of March, 112 do not need to be told who to|reference calls and- 29 home vote for. Anyone who keeps his | visits. ears epen can hear anywhere from| In‘ the absence of Mrs. James | ten to fifteen new reasons per day|Johnson, Mrs. Heidlebaugh gave} why the present State "Senator|the report of the production com-/ should not be continued in office.| mittee. She stated that previous- z The b gest question confront-|ty only the local needs had to be} ing the County today is, “Canitaken care of but now. the nation-| Mon ous risk its incumtent al office is ealling for ten Christ- Senate for another meen h oor in|__Mr. Reed added that Captain Mr. Ladd’s man, friends in},.. Monrve- Counish ate ciusestloa sc te® would be in the city April bear with him in this present sit-|30 to give life-saving instructions. antion and awa't his return to the|He said that.no doubt Mr. Russell, superintendent of public instruc- The thinking citizen will take tion, would desire him to organize all issues of the EVENING TEL-| life-saving groups at the public EGRAM and the MORNING | schools. CALL with a grain of salt. Mr. Reed was pleased with the HEADQUARTERS, jactivity and development of the| LADD For S Senator. |local chapter and especially the} E. A. STRUNK, JR, (roll call report given out by Mr.} Secretary. | Bates, which was a total of $1,-/ litical Adve.) |737.$1. { (Paid & NOTICE FORMAL OPENING OF : | KEY WEST COUNTRY CLUB | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, | The Key West Country Club} will be formally opened beta s \day night by a dance for ciub members only and their immedi- late families. All persons whe} have paid all or part of their) initiation fee may attend. } apri32t HOUSE COMMITTER./ rk & specialty. 2 be convinced EPHONE 741-3 Mrs, Blanche Heidlebaugh, ex-|" TO ENTERTAIN THIS The home of Mr. and Mra. Fo W. Mitchell, 609 Caroline wili present a pretty scene at 4 jo’clock this afternoon, when their | She is. fine little son, Master Wallace Mitchell, will be joined by about 40 of his little friends in the en- joyment of a delightfal little party in celebration of the fourth an- niversary of his birthday. Numerous childish games will be played and a number of fea- tures worked into the program that will bring happiness to the hearts of Wallace’s merry guests, who will long remember the joy- ous event. Dainty.and delicious refreshments will be served, and all the little folks will have a jolly good time. PRICE FIVE CENTS GANIZATION CONFERS WITH CAPTAIN C. D. STEARNS M. J. Coffey, vice-president of the T. A. Gillespie Pipe Company, is im the city looking over the water supply proposition of tak- ing water from the mainland through the keys to Key West. The T. A. Gillespie Company are one of the largest steel’ con- tractors and have theit head- quarters in New York City. Mr. Coffey interviewed Captain Clark D. Stearns, chairman of the Monroe County water board yes- terday. He said that he will re- main in Key West the remainder of the week and that this will give him an opportunity to see the other members of the board, Paul Boysen and Norberg Thompson. The board has been corresponding with the Gillespie corporation for some time. “Whether or not my company will have a proposition to offer or how soon,I am not in a ‘posi- tion to tell yet,” Mr. “Coffey. stated to representative of The Citizen. “It will take some time to work up the proposition.” The T. A. Gillespie Company has constructed numerous’ big projects. Among their outstand- ing pieces of work are; the St. Lawrence River. power plant, Messena, N. Y.; several docks and dams in the Ohio River, a large filtering plant for the city of Pittsburgh and the construction of thousands of miles of and gas lines of various sizes in Penn- sylvania, D h New York, Kentucky and other rome ments, engaged to arrive at 3 this afternoon. Nataralization To Make Visit To Island City Worthington Blackman, trict director of naturalization,